Perceptions of Weight and Health Practices in Hispanic Children: A Mixed-Methods Study by Byron Alexander Foster, Daniel Hale

“…Most (58%) of the parents of overweight and obese children misclassified their child’s weight status. …”
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The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Urolithiasis by Yee V. Wong, Paul Cook, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…Studies have found many factors contributing to urolithiasis in patients suffering from metabolic syndrome, out of which obesity, overweight, and sedentary lifestyles have been identified as major etiological factors. …”
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Diabetes and congenital malformations. Cienfuegos, 2005-2015 by Oramis Isabel Padrón Aguilera, Maylé Santos Solí, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Gladys Bárbara Barberis Pérez

“…The most frequent risk factors were: maternal overweight, non-communicable diseases and the use of drugs in pregnancy. …”
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Gait and Function in Class III Obesity by Catherine Ling, Teresa Kelechi, Martina Mueller, Sandra Brotherton, Sheila Smith

“…Walking is a very different activity for individuals with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or more (Class III obesity) compared with those who are overweight or obese with a BMI between 26–35. Yet all obesity weight classes receive the same physical activity guidelines and recommendations. …”
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The Investigation of Sex Differences in the Effect of Body Mass Index by Xiang Xiao, Weihua Wang, Rina Sa, Lin Qiu, Feng Liu

“…The result of multivariable logistic regression showed that obese and overweight males had higher risk of getting hypertension than their female counterparts. …”
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Saliva and Blood Asprosin Hormone Concentration Associated with Obesity by Kader Ugur, Suleyman Aydin

“…A total of 116 underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese (class I, class II, and class III) volunteers participated in the study. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with prehypertension in Shunde District, southern China by Yuli Huang, Yunzhao Hu, Xiaoyan Cai, Wenke Qiu, Changhua Liu, Dingji Zhu, Jinghai Hua, Yanxian Wu, Dingli Xu

“…Compared with low-range prehypertension, the proportions of overweight, dyslipidaemia and IFG were higher in the high-range prehypertension group (all p<0.05). …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Marina Njelekela, Alfa Muhihi, Akum Aveika, Donna Spiegelman, Claudia Hawkins, Catharina Armstrong, Enju Liu, James Okuma, Guerino Chalamila, Sylvia Kaaya, Ferdinand Mugusi, Wafaie Fawzi

“…Older age, male gender, and overweight/obesity were associated with hypertension. …”
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Obesity in pregnancy: infant health service utilisation and costs on the NHS by Ronan A Lyons, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Sinead T Brophy, Kelly L Morgan, Muhammad A Rahman, Rebecca A Hill

“…Objective To estimate the direct healthcare cost of infants born to overweight or obese mothers to the National Health Service in the UK.Design Retrospective prevalence-based study.Setting Combined linked anonymised electronic data sets on a cohort of mother–child pairs enrolled on the Growing Up in Wales: Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) study. …”
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Obesity Differentially Affects Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Carlos Moran, Monica Arriaga, Gustavo Rodriguez, Segundo Moran

“…Obesity or overweight affect most of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). …”
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Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening by Heather Bittner Fagan, Ronald E. Myers, Constantine Daskalakis, Randa Sifri, Arch G. Mainous, Richard Wender

“…Multivariable analyses showed that CRC screening rates did not differ significantly for individuals within these subgroups who were obese or overweight as compared to their normal-weight peers. …”
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Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Elderly in India: A Scoping Review by Patlolla Sriram Yadav, Ajitha Katta, Gooty Shirisha, Mousami Kirtania

“…Depression was particularly prevalent among urban females (over 50%). Obesity and overweight were widespread, with women being more likely to be overweight and men to have central obesity. …”
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Weight variation gain and chemotherapy in women having breast cancer treated in the public health system by Samira Obeid Georges, Cinthya Costa Braga, Karine Anusca Martins

“…Most of the sample subjects were overweight or obese before and after chemotherapy. Although there was weight variations due to chemotherapy protocols, no influence of chemotherapy on the nutritional status of the women in the study was identified.…”
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Australian Pregnant Women’s Awareness of Gestational Weight Gain and Dietary Guidelines: Opportunity for Action by Khlood Bookari, Heather Yeatman, Moira Williamson

“…N=326 pregnant women completed the surveys; 49% entered pregnancy overweight (25.2%) or obese (23.6%); and knowledge of recommended GWG was lacking. …”
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Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> endocrine infertility occurred mainly in overweight women; with a secondary, less than 3-year time infertility and hyperprolactinemia was the most representative.…”
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On Cardiometabolic Risk Predictors: a Necessary Explanation by Raúl Cedeño Morales

“…In recent years, it has grown reflection on what is the best anthropometric parameter for measuring overweight and obesity, which consistently stratify the risk for cardiovascular events and cause mortality.…”
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The Relationship of immunoglobulin-e and tumor necrosis factor in patients with allergic rhinitis in Babylon province by Bushra Jihad Sabbar, Zenaa Abbass Ali, Tariq Hussein Mgheer

“…It is caused by immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated reactions to inhaled allergens, smoking and alcohol use, gender, age, overweight, adoption of pets, race, educational achievement, and family history can represent a risk factor for allergic rhinitis (AR). …”
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Vasomotor Syndrome its Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors by Ana Mary Fernández Milán, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Daysi Antonia Navarro Despaigne.

“…The predominant risk factor for cardiovascular disease was sedentary lifestyle with 77.4 %, followed by excess weight (overweight and obesity) with 64.2 %, the greatest association was found with hypercholesterolemia. …”
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The Relation between Body Mass Index and Retinal Photoreceptor Morphology and Microvascular Changes Measured with Adaptive Optics (rtx1) High-Resolution Imaging by Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska, Zbigniew Wawrzyniak, Magdalena Kupis, Jacek P. Szaflik

“…Background. Overweight and obese patients are at risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and microvascular complications. …”
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Gross motor abnormalities in relation to balance and weight indicators in children with spastic diplegia by Lamis Neyazy Elrakhawy, Khaled Ahmed Mamdouh, Hoda Abdel Azim Eltalawy, Radwa S. Abdulrahman

“…Moreover, there was a significant negative strong correlation between GMC and OSI (r = − 0.792 and P < 0.001). Conclusion Overweight and obese diplegic cerebral palsy children have decreased balance and GMC significantly when compared to normal-weight children. …”
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